Q: When I was in home-ec class nearly 30 years ago, our teacher handed out the recipe for what she called "meet the in-laws" chicken. Its secret ingredients included apricot jam and dried onion soup mix. -- Terry Waldron

A: I encountered this recipe at a meeting of food editors.

Apricot Chicken

2 cut-up chickens

1 cup Catalina or French salad dressing

1 cup apricot jam

1 envelope onion soup mix

2 tsp. curry powder

Put the chicken in a baking pan. Mix all the remaining ingredients together and pour over the chicken. Bake 1 hour at 350 F. Makes 8 servings.